--FAINT NOT ~~

“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”
---(Hebrews 12:3)

The Christian life and ministry can grow wearisome and hard at times, but with Christ Himself as our example, the Lord admonishes us not to faint but always to press on.

If our prayers seem to go unanswered, He reminds us that “men ought always to pray, and not to faint” (Luke 18:1). When we grow tired and are tempted to quit, the Scriptures assure us that “in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9).

When God has entrusted us with a certain ministry, we need to learn to say, as with Paul, “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not” (2 Corinthians 4:1). As we see God’s mercy-drops of blessing begin to fall, we then can say, as he did, “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). We can even encourage others to faint not, as he did: “Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory” (Ephesians 3:13).

The same Greek word is translated “weary” in 2 Thessalonians 3:13: “Be not weary in well doing.” Finally, even when God has to rebuke us, we must learn to take it patiently. “Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him” (Hebrews 12:5).

But with all these strong exhortations to faint not, we also need to know just how we can obtain the needed strength to keep on keeping on. The answer is in God’s great counsel to Isaiah: “They that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).
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[ Friends, we know that times are getting hard and we see the coming of the Lord will be soon. When we read prophetic messages we find that the Lord tells us, "Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, keep the faith in Jesus.
Though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."
--(2 Corinthians 4:16-18) PRESS ON! The return of Christ is getting closer. "Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. ---- When these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (Daniel 7:13; LUKE 21:28)] =["EVEN IF"/ Mercy Me]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT_X7daBsCo>
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